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Elm Hill, Norwich. Variously credited as Medieval or Tudor, the white building The Briton's Arms was built in 1420, most of the rest of the street was built in 1507 following a fire.
The cobbles are so rounded it's really difficult to walk on!
Beautiful pictures and a great history lesson @Teasel. On the bottom picture, do you know what the little doors are for on the first building at the bottom?
@ladee This page answers the question about doors being small prerty well, though it's asking about Germany I think it's true for here too.
So, keeping the warm in, people being shorter, being easier to defend, the building being stronger, the land level rising since building first built, so inside is a step down. This sort of thing.
I have a collection of photos of my Dad in front of short doors which I very much enjoyed adding to each time we came across another one.
If you mean about the shutters on the ground level windows then I don't know.
The buildings in this street were mostly merchants houses, with quays on the river to the rear.
So many amazing views and stories shared. :) Oh how I love this thread. ❤
Seeing this impressive architecture hanging from a tree limb during one of my recent walks reminds me of how some things are much better simply left alone and observed from afar, otherwise you're sure to stir up a whole helluva lot of potential pain:
It looks so peaceful and serene. Hope you got some good quiet time while there. Love the picture of the teasel plant, but maybe next name change will be something 'softer'.
Heyyy, I just came here to post a photo of my own namesake :)
Please excuse the poor quality photo! I could hear the bellbird much clearer than I could see him. And my cellphone doesn't do very good long distance zoom. He's the wee dark blob at the bottom of the photo.
Teasel, here is another teasel for you. I love these plants. The dried teasel I used to make miniature Christmas trees with. You stick them onto a large cone-shaped styrofoam, spray them green, and then frost them with artificial snow and put mini-lights and ornaments on them. It makes a cheery decoration for a holiday table.